#C9DF59#C9DF59

#C9DF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.160 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9DF59
RGBrgb(201, 223, 89)
HSLhsl(70, 68%, 61%)
HSVhsv(70, 60%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(9.9%, 0%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(84.95, -25.47, 61.48)
CIE-LCHlch(84.95, 66.55, 112.50°)
OKLaboklab(86.15% -0.0743 0.1413)
OKLCHoklch(86.15% 0.16 117.8)
XYZxyz(52.2791, 65.9146, 19.4180)
Luminance0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9DF59 #6F59DF
analogous
#DFB259 #C9DF59 #86DF59
triadic
#C9DF59 #59C9DF #DF59C9
tetradic
#C9DF59 #59DFB2 #6F59DF #DF5986
square
#C9DF59 #59DFB2 #6F59DF #DF5986
split-complementary
#C9DF59 #5986DF #B259DF
monochromatic
#8A9F1F #B6D229 #C9DF59 #DAE98C #EAF3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48
#C9DF59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18
#C9DF59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DF59
14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9DF59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9DF591.001.4814.1814.18
#FFFFFF1.481.0021.0021.00
#00000014.1821.001.001.00
##00000014.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EDD449
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD562
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4D4C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9df59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 223, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.160 117.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce98d',
    500: '#c9df59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9df59;
$custom-light: #dce98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9df59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.851,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8615,
    "c": 0.15965,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9DF59
secondary
#4B3AA2
accent
#16D034
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFCF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

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#C9DF59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva